*This Easter Sunday is going to be a different kind of resurrection Sunday.
Pastors across the country are on a mission to revive the voter’s impact by registering 1 million voters during the holiday. Pastor Jamal Bryant and an alliance of African American clergyman are part of the Empowerment Movement, a voter registration campaign that was created to move the African American community forward in politics, education and economics. 500,000 churches, 20 people registered at each church, 1 million voters.
Pastor Bryant, founder of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, MD has encouraged his members to get involved with the political process and ensure the African American voice is heard in the upcoming presidential election. The church has actively worked in the community and registered more voters than any other church in Baltimore.
Unanimously voted president of the Empowerment Movement, Pastor Bryant and the coalition of clergyman see the need to reach the estimated 5 million unregistered voters in churches nationwide. They are determined to affect change in the African American community.
”In 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King, a Baptist, Rev. Joseph Lowery, a United Methodist, and Andy Young, a Disciples of Christ preacher, walked out of an AME Church and marched together in Selma for voting rights,” Pastor Bryant.
Everyone, Religious or not, believer or not should listen to the song: One (Universal Theme Song) by recording artist Johnnie Newkirk Jr which is now available on itunes. Just go there and listen to it!